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All charges against a man falsely accused of attempting to touch a young girl have been dropped, and her aunt has been charged with filing a false report, Shelbyville police said Wednesday. Robert James Bransford, 26, of Woodland Avenue was released from custody Tuesday afternoon. Police emphasized Bransford is innocent of any charge...

A casting call for African-American women, children and young men will be held 4-6 p.m. Today at Woodfork Chapel AME Church, 1011 Lipscomb Street. On Location Casting is seeking to cast a health care commercial, “Merck For Mothers,” which will be shot next month in or near Nashville. Those who are cast will receive $250 per day plus a one-time usage fee of $750, which entitles the producers to use the footage in perpetuity...

A Bedford County man died early Sunday when his pickup crashed and burst into flames. Kenneth Eric Anderson Jr., 42, of Shelbyville died at the scene on Arnold Road, investigators said. Anderson was eastbound when he lost control while rounding a left hand turn and ran off the right side of the road, State Trooper Barry Qualls said...

A Powerball player in Shelbyville won $2million Saturday evening by matching all five white numbers drawn, according to a news release from the Tennessee Lottery. And since the player added the Power Play option for an extra dollar, the prize was doubled...

Attempts were made to break into three Shelbyville homes by breaking windows Wednesday and Thursday, police said. All were unsuccessful. Lt. Fred Harvey and officer Russ Grubbs discovered footprints in dew leading away from an window where a screen had been cut. The window was slightly open, Harvey's report said...

A man who allegedly ordered a roommate to hand over a cellphone as payment for a debt was charged with robbery Tuesday. Eric Livingston Brooks, 27, of Landers Street was arrested shortly after Shelbyville police were notified. Brooks allegedly threatened to physically attack the victim unless he handed over the phone. The victim said he could see an outline of a handgun in Brooks' pocket, according to officer Michael Taylor's report...

A wanted man was found hiding in a closet at a Union Street home Friday morning, Shelbyville police said. Officers investigating a report of three men at the residence found Ricardo Monte Foster, 30, underneath several items. Foster told police he was homeless and had been staying at the home using meth for two days. He was charged with aggravated criminal trespassing and violation of probation. and was being held on $4,000 bond Monday...

Coaching searches are never an easy process. For Cascade principal Josh Young, in finding a baseball coach to take over the varsity program, he needed only to look in the Champions’ own backyard. Last week, Cascade announced middle school coach Josh Hammonds would make the jump to high school and take over the varsity program...

Joyce Marsh is checked by medical personnel after she lost control of her car and struck the front steps of Shelbyville Power System headquarters on South Main Street around 7:15 a.m. Friday. Marsh, of Smith Street, told police she accidently hit the gas instead of her brake pedal. She was not believed to be seriously injured, officer Michael Taylor said. (T-G Photo by David Melson)